Matrix sale is up and runs until January 12th, 2020

[Dammit Carl!]

...and then my Matrix loyalty coupon shows up in the inbox!

Thinking "To End All Wars," or the new Strategic Command WW1 (sadly not for sale, but understandable as its a new release).

Thanks, Matrix!

[Geezer]

Also got my coupon (15 year, 50% off).  Will probably get Field of Glory Empires and the rest of the FoG2 DLC I don't have yet.

[Yskonyn]

Also got my coupon (15 year, 50% off).  Will probably get Field of Glory Empires and the rest of the FoG2 DLC I don't have yet.

I did just that with mine a week or so ago!  O0

[Geezer]

I did just that with mine a week or so ago!  O0

How do you like Empires so far?

[Yskonyn]

Well I dont have much experience yet. But the attention to historical detail and tidbits is impressive. The interface is a mixed bag.
I like the art of the panels and buttons, but the listing and progress bars in certain menus are darn ugly lol.

So far in our MP game it looks like it plays much like a boardgame.
Good first impression at any rate.

And with all the nations and their quirks there is sooo much to discover!

[Geezer]

OK, thanks.  Watching some Youtube stuff and liking what I see.  Hard to go wrong when my price will be $15, although it's more about whether it is worth my time rather than my money.

[Huw the Poo]

For the sake of fairness I'll add a counterpoint here.  Now, I acknowledge fully that I seem to be the lone dissenter here (in fact I'm vaguely annoyed that the Grogheads led me astray this time).  But personally I think FoG:E is a terrible game.  First and foremost the UI is godawful, to the point where it seriously hampered my playing.  Information is never where I want it, the popup system is atrocious, and so on.  The diplomacy is laughably bare, which is a bit of an oversight in a game like this.  It has no soul and feels, I don't know, empty.  Battles are spectacular only in how underwhelming they are.  The implementation of multiplayer is beyond bad.

It might be worth $15 to you, but I was pissed off to get a game like this in 2019 and for £30.

[Geezer]

Thanks for your thoughts Huw.  The next patch is supposed to address diplomacy, but probably not any of your concerns.

[OJsDad]

Just purchased FoG:E, SC:WWI, and War Plan.

[Huw the Poo]

Thanks for your thoughts Huw.  The next patch is supposed to address diplomacy, but probably not any of your concerns.

I sincerely hope you like it if you buy it - and chances are, you will like it as everyone else around here does.  There seems to be a big appetite for multiplayer games too.

I'd gift you my copy if I could! ;)

[JasonPratt]

And lo, my loyalty discount arrives today.

What shall there beeeee....  :D

[Vintage Dude]

Is the loyalty discount applied to the entire order or just one game?

[Grim.Reaper]

Is the loyalty discount applied to the entire order or just one game?

order

[JasonPratt]

....man, I looked around, and I'm just not feeling it this year. Even with my loyalty discount stacked on the winter sale. I love Matrix, but I've got a lot of stuff already, including a lot of recent stuff. Which, yay, I paid more or less full price for it, they've got more profit off me than otherwise!

Nor can I functionally combine my loyalty discount with the Groghead discount for the new WW1 game. Which would be okay, I could take whichever one worked best, except as much as I love WW1 games I don't really want this one at the moment.  :-\

[Geezer]

I ended up getting FoG:Empires and the rest of the FoG2 dlc that I didn't have already.  All deeply discounted with my 50% coupon on top of the sale.   ;D